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KSA behind Israel plans to replace al-Aqsa with temple: Analyst

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Pakistan is in the grip of chaos

Source: BBC Violence is soaring to new levels in Pakistan, with militants unleashing a wave of deadly attacks – and the government is dithering about what to do, writes guest columnist Ahmed Rashid.Tuesday 21 January was a fairly normal day in Pakistan. Twenty-nine Shia Muslims were killed by Sunni militants […]

Pressure on two fronts

Source: ET Pakistan is a sovereign country and much of its respect is drawn from that status. However, on two issues one feels that its sovereignty, earned after much hard work and numerous sacrifices, has been trampled upon. The first is the drone attacks issue and the second is the […]

Bradford Ahmadiyya Group Appeals to politicians in the UK and Pakistan about imprisoned British-Pakistani national

Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk A Bradford group has written to senior politicians in the UK and Pakistan about the detention of a British-Pakistani national imprisoned on blasphemy charges. The external affairs spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Bradford, Dr Abdul Bary Malik, said the group had deep concerns about 72-year-old Masood Ahmad, who […]

Press Release GMA (Global Minorities Alliance): International community urged to stop the ‘silent genocide’ of Rohingya Muslims

Source: globalminorities.co.uk Glasgow: A Scotland-based human rights organisation is calling on the international community to intervene in what is being called the ‘silent genocide’ of the Burmese Rohingya Muslims, who the United Nations has called the most persecuted minority group in the world. Global Minorities Alliance, a human rights group which advocates […]

Salam, Abdus Salam

The News: by Adil Najam — Four days from now, on January 29, much of Pakistan will forget – or refuse to remember – Dr Mohammad Abdus Salam on what would have been his 88th birthday. Let us choose not to be amongst them.  Imagine yourself in Stockholm on December […]

Shia pilgrimage route to Iran suspended

Source: Dawn QUETTA: Pakistan has suspended buses carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims from travelling through its volatile Balochistan province to neighbouring Iran due to security concerns after a suicide attack killed 30 pilgrims this week, officials said on Friday. A 700 km highway connecting the Pakistani city of Quetta and Iran, […]